Golf club carrier



Feb. .10, 1948. A, w, MALL 2,435,893

GOLF CLUB CARRIER Filed April 28, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 HHHHIHHHUIIIHFeb. 10, 1948. A. w. MALL. 2,435,893

GOLF CLUB CARRIER Filed April 28, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i l/VVE/V TOR FYW Xm HTI'Y Patented Feb. 10, 1948 2.435.893 GOLF own caaama Arthur W.Mall, Flossmoor, Ill., assignorto Mall Tool Company, Chicago, 111., acorporation of Illinois Application April 28, 1945. Serial No. 590,787

Claims.

My invention relates to golf lub carriers and has as its primaryobjective the provision of a generally improved carrier of this type.

One specific object of my invention is to provide means for securing thegolf clubs in the carrier so that they may be quickly and easilyinserted and removed.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for maintaining thegolf clubs in spaced relation to each other to prevent said clubs frombecoming scratched and marred.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for preventing thegolf clubs from rattling while the carrier is being pushed along theground.

Another object of my invention is to provide a balanced golf clubcarrier which is easy to manipulate and which normally tends to assumean upright position when ones grip on the handle is released.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent uponreading the following specification and upon examination of the drawingsin which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of my golf club carrier with partsbeing broken and shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the club carrier; and

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the sponge rubber strip which assists inholding the golf club in a fixed position.

My golf club carrier consists generally ofdownwardly depending spacedframe members I and 2, which terminate about 2" short of the plane defined by the lower extremity of wheels 3 and 4. The second pair of framemembers 5 and 6, are preferably welded to the lower extremities of framemembers i and 2, right angularly thereto, as shown at I in Fig. 1. Framemembers 5 and 6 extend outwardly from wheels 3 and 4 and terminate withthe are shaped ends 8 and 9. It will he noted that the plane defined bythe lowermost extremities of frame members 5 and 6 and the lowermostextremities of wheels 3 and 4 (where said wheels engage the ground), issubstantially right angular to the upwardly extending frame members iand 2. Thus viewing Fig. 1, it can be seen that the distance betweenwheels 3 and 4 and the outer extremities 8 and 9 of frame members 5 and6, is sufficient to enable the golf club carrier to stand firmly inupright position when a club is to be inserted or removed from saidcarrier. It will be noted that frame members I and 2 are bent in theirlower regions extending upwardly and forwardly relative to wheels 3 and4 and then extending upwardly again, substantially vertically to thehorizontal frame membersi and 8. Thus the greater portion of the weightof the golf club carrier is concentrated forwardly of the wheels. Thus,when it is desired to push the cart along the ground, it is necessary tograsp handle l0 and manually tilt the cart backwardly to offset thecounterbalancing effect of the weight which is forwardly of the wheels.When handle III is released, the weight in front of the wheels causesthe entire cart to swing about the wheels until it is in uprightposition as shown in Flg. 1. It

will also be noted that the distance between extremities 8 and 9 offrame members 5 and 6 and wheels 3 and 4, is suflicient to prevent thecart from toppling head-over-heels when handle Ill is released.

The wheels 3 and 4 are rotatably secured to frame members I and 2 bymeans of trunnions I l. The frame members 5 and 6, in addition toproviding the earth engaging arcuate arms 8 and 9, also provide asupporting surface for the club carrying structure i2. The club carryingdevice consists primarily of a. pan-like container l3 which ispreferably comprised of a single piece of sheet steel formed in themanner as best viewed in Fig. 1. Said container I3 is turned up at eachend to form semi-cylindrical toe portions I4 and I5 and in the centralregion said container I3 is bent sharply upwardly forming V-shapebacking walls It and II. A pair of rubber strips 18 and I9 serve asliners to prevent the possibility of the golf clubs being marred orscratched by the steel container l3. Within each toe portion l4 and I5,

there is mounted elongated sponge rubber bars 20 and 2| which aresecured to the liners l8 and I9 so as to remain in a fixed position. Anelongated sheet of sponge rubber 22 is secured to the backing walls Itand i1. It will be noted that bars 20 and 2| and strip 22 are preferablyof sponge rubber to permit ample resilience to allow for differentshaped club heads and different lengths of club heads. A series ofspring clips 23 are secured to the cross-span 24 which links the sideframe members I and 2. The grips 25 of golf clubs 26 are removablyinserted into the spring clips by exerting slight pressure on the gripsforcing them to expand the spring clips temporarily. When inserting golfclubs 26 into the carrier, the club head 21 is first inserted within toeportion l4 or IE then as the handle or shaft of the golf club is movedrearwardly toward the spring clips 23, this causes the club head to movetowards a substantially horizontal position within container l3, therebycausing the front and rear edges of the club heads to become 3 imbeddedwithin the sponge rubber backings and 22. When the golf club handle isfinally forced into spring clip 23, the club heads 21 are Substantiallyimbedded in the sponge rubber backings 20 and 22, thereby securelylocking theclub heads 21 in fixed position within the container l3, thuspreventing the club heads from rattling and from coming into contactwith each other.

It will be noted that the rear toe portion i6 is slightly less in lengththan toe portion ll, terminating at 28 short of the wheels 3 and I (asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 2). The rear toe portion [5 is adapted toreceive the wood clubs and the forward toe portion I 4 is adapted toreceive the iron clubs.

I have also provided a golf ball rack which consists of an elongatedspring clip .casing 30,

. 4 structure, club handle retaining means on the frame adjacent to thehandle end thereof, the

rack-like member comprising a club toe retaining portion and a club heelretaining portion, the club head being adapted to move relativelyfreelyin the rack-like member between the toe and heel retainingportions when the club handle is disposed in spaced relationship withrespect to which is capable of holding eight or ten golf balls,

3|, and which is secured to the frame members I and 2 as shown in Fig.1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A golf club carrier'comprising a somewhat L-shaped frame structure,one end of said frame structure being adapted for engaging the earth andthe other end of said frame structure forming the handle for said clubcarrier, a rack-like member supported on the base of said framestructure, said rack-like member being comprised of a sheet-like memberformed with substantially semi-cylindrical outer ends and an inverted V-shaped central portion, with the apex of theV disposed vertically abovethe bottom of the racklike member, yieldable pad-like linings in each ofsaid semi-cylindrical portions and a yieldable pad-like strip coveringsaid V-shaped central portion and handle retaining means at the handleend of-the frame structure for retaining the handles of the golf clubs.

2. A golf club carrier comprising a somewhat L-shaped frame structure,one end of said frame structure being adapted for engaging the earth andthe other end of said frame structure forming the handle for said clubcarrier, a rack-like member supported on the base of said framestructure, said rack-like member being comprised of a sheet-like memberformed with substantially semi-cylindrical outer ends and an inverted V-shaped central portion, with the apex of the V disposed vertically abovethe bottom of the racklike member, and yieldable pad-like linings ineach of said semi-cylindrical portions.

3. A golf club carrier comprising a somewhat L-shaped frame structure,one end of said frame structure being adapted for engaging the earth andthe other end of said frame structure forming the handle for said clubcarrier, a rack-like member supported on the base of said frame thehandle retaining means, and engaging means on the club toe and club heelretaining portions for firmly holding the club head against turning whenthe club handle is held by the handle retaining means.

- 4. A golf club carrier comprising a somewhat L-shaped frame structure,one end of said frame structure being adapted for engaging the earth andthe other end of said frame structure forming the handle for said clubcarrier, a rack-like member-supported on the base of said framestructure, said rack-like member comprising a club toe retaining memberand a club heel re-.-

taining member, and resilient engaging means adjacent to the toe andheel retaining means for firmly holding the club head against turningwhen the club handle is held by the handle retaining means.

5. A golf club carrier comprising a somewhat REFERENCES CITED I Thefollowing references are of record in the file of this patent:

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